Book Shop Investment Opportunities

Business highlights: - INR 2.88 crores ARR. - 45%+ gross margin. - 80k+ customers, 15k+ app downloads, 20k+ MAU. - More than 4 lakh books delivered. More than 1 lakh plus merchandise delivered. - 100% bootstrapped with zero marketing expenditure. - Highly engaged community of over 1.5 lakhs across platforms. - Positive unit economics. • The provisional financials for this year. We have increased sales by 36% from INR 7 crores in the last financial year to INR 9.6 crores this year, net of GST. • The business also had a solid start for this year. The last couple of months' sales this year were up 40% vs corresponding months last year and we will be generating more sales than the previous year these coming months. • The company recorded a healthy profit in the last year i. e. , around 11% of sales. They continue to have a strong focus on unit economics. The brand is built to be a sustainable, growing & profitable business since its inception. • In the last month, we also onboarded on Amazon. • The business is launching new categories & would come across as a one-stop solution in the home decor sector. • Targeting ARR of INR 26 Cr & above in the coming year. • The company sells all genres of books. • Main source of revenue is through the sale of books and merchandise. • Online bookstore that has tie-ups with physical stores as well.

- Impressive annual revenue of rs 2.88 crores. - Strong gross margin of over 45% - Impressive customer base with 80,000+ loyal patrons. - Successful mobile app with 15,000+ downloads and 20,000+ monthly active users. - More than 400,000 books were delivered, and over 100,000 merchandise products were delivered. - Remarkably, the company achieved all this without any external funding and zero marketing expenses, representing their savvy management and resourcefulness. - They have fostered a highly engaged community of over 150,000 enthusiasts across various platforms, ensuring an active and vibrant customer base. - Demonstrating positive unit economics, has built a sustainable business model.

- Distributor of academic and technical books, we serve 40 private and key govt. accounts was. - A virtual office setup was key to our growth as we could withstand economic and pandemic challenges. - We are a government-accredited supplier. Supply books to libraries of state universities, and higher education institutes. - We also provide books for libraries of private universities and colleges. - Government issues a PO and takes 30-90 days to make the payment. - We buy directly from the online stores of US publishers and also from wholesalers. - Order fulfillment is completed outsourced. From warehousing to order delivery. - The company has one owner, a secretary, and 10 resellers across The Philippines. We require no staff because the order fulfillment is completely outsourced.

- Nepal-based e-commerce website specializing in the sale of new and second-hand books. - Soft launch has been completed and we want to do soon do a hard launch as well. - We have been working on this for the past 5 years. - Website is at a nascent stage and receives about 20-30 orders daily. - Development of the platform was outsourced to a 10+ team. - Website is fully ready with products listed and an operational payment gateway. - We charge a flat 2% commission on all the sales and collect 100% of the delivery and packaging charges.

- We are an online commerce portal that provides educational books. - Have a catalogue of more than 1,000 books on various educational subjects. - Platform gets over a 100 orders from customers for general study books, entrance exam books and story books. - We have tied up with third party services to deliver our products pan India. - Also have developed a mobile app that is available on the Google Play Store. - Promoter has over 7 years of experience in this industry.

- We have an e-commerce platform through which we sell books related to various courses like Engineering, Medical and Law. - We already have tie-ups with 3 vendors and are in talks to get many more on board. - Promoter has 4 years of business experience.

- Business has a catalogue of 60,000 titles. - So far, the business has individuals as clients. -We are diversifying into various other fields.

- Have 8+ B2B Clients. - Served 10,000+ Customers in B2C Segment. - Experienced Mentors on Board & Robust Business. - Had 15+ vendors, 30+ publisher. - Currently in process to develop a one of its kind B2B product.

- We have processed 200+ orders and having a database of 4K+ customer. - We have recorded a growth rate of 22% on month on month basis. - Being in this business from last 15 years we have good business relationship with channel partners and schools. - Have book from 20 publishers.

- The business enables users to subscribe to magazines, journals, buy books, etc. online. - It takes care of delivery; the publishing house doesn't do this. - Signed contract with 20+ publication houses. - USP: the users can get information about the publication house of the book, about the author, the illustrators, cover page designers, etc.